Improvement sm clock-work torpedoes



J. J Q PLENG.

cLocKWoRK-TQRPEDOES Pubmed m1311875,

' @ggf the Vhook that holds the hammer e JESSE JGPLTQ, F LXGWUD, MILSSUURL S ecitietion fori M r v P um? PWN o! Lettere atmt no. E f?, einen february i, 1876; application filed Io al! 1FL-om iz. may concern:

Be it known that l, JESSE JOPLXNG. of Longwooiittn the eenntly ot` Petits and in'the State ot .dissout-i, h-.ive in\'ented`eertnin new and useful hnprovexnents in Clockwork '.iorpedeesghnd do hereby declare thzii; the foilowihg. is :i full, clear, and @met description thereot, reterence being had to the ticcoihpzintm ing drnwings, und to the letters of reerenhe nmrited thereon, melting n part oi' this speciention.

My invention relates to torpedoes or other explosive charges in which n cinch-wort; is operated by n hnnnner nt a certain time to explode the torpedo or chnrge; and it consiets in the construction and combination oi' ports, as will he hereinafter more folly set forth.

In order to enable others Skilled in the nrt to which in v invention a-ppernins to nin-ke and use the sanne, l will now prot-eed to describe its 'consti-notie. nidoperation., referring tothe an nexed drawing, in whichl Figure i is n perspective View et' n torpedo embodying my. invention, Fig. 2 is it plan View of the Sanne with vthe top-heed removed, and showing; the eloekhihi. Fig. Sis a sin:- iiar view with the dial removed. Fig. is n iongitndinnl section ot'- the torpedo.

A represents ncyiindrienll cnn or shell, of any snimbie dimensions,provided with :an inii'ior partition, l, whit' divides the Bindi into two ehnnihers, Al sind A?, which nre eiosed, respectively, by the rups i l". The Choinber Agis intended toicenthin the charge 0i' the torpedo, while thr chamber AJ contains the operutiingr niechinisni, and cominonieattion estnblished betw ren the two chiunbers 'by'a vent. or its eqinvnient, ot' soitnhle construction to receive znpercusnon-eap, to be exploded by n hammer; i), in the cinnnher Ai, nndthlns ignite the ehnrge in the ehemher A2. On'the hainxnerqiivot i is secured n hook, b, which is, by n link, c, connected with a, spring, d, to throw the h-.mnner down when,

This hook fis pivoted ,and ite` other end esigenti et' n.

suddenlywithdrnwn. to :i post in the ehnniber A l is, by :i wire, i, connected with iever, i), pivoied to the top ot the c E, under the dini G thereof.

Gt' the clock-work E, it ie the eleeve, to which the hoor-hund 1I is attached. This ,sevo ll is provided at eit'euln; dink, l, troni which :tra erre, J, ex-

its inner end with December tl, 1845.

tende over the top of the of the dish I is n notch, y, :is shown in Fig. 0n the under side ot' the lever l) is :t lng or projection, .r, which bears ngninst the edge Ot' the dish l, whereby the lever l) is held in such n position that the hook j'wilt renniin under :ind support the herinner U when the :nime is raised.

When the disk i revolves, so :is to bring the lng ur opposite the noti-h, :i spring, m, connected with the hook f, throws seid hook from under the innniner, the ing .r entering the notch to ailow the hook to pens troni nnder the lnininier, which then is thrown down to explode the permissionrop.

Through the head B'ot' the torpedo is passed n rod, p', haring its enter end hent in erainl: i'orin, so :is to be held nnder either one ot' two catches., n n', on theontsid'o ofthe hund. On this rod, within the etnnnher A', in. h projizietion` s, to nrt :is n, stop i'or the clock-worhf when the rod is tin-ned to one side, nnd heid under the catch n. Then, h v turning till it is under the enti-h n', the stop v will be turned ontwnrd t'roni the clock-work, und this wil! then he started.

By these menno the rlocli'work muy he het: to any time desired, so :is to explode the toipedo :it any given time.

The torpedo tioircnps :lttnehed to dinl'G. In the edge rings. it, which :tre connected to :i wire heit, l, nronnd the torpedo.

M5' invention may be npplied'to any coin ceziled mines or ningnzinen intended or designed to destrovlnen or armies; his@ to 'tc ernia oi" almost, every description, whether single or provided with cylinder eontnining charges, with cnps properly nrs'nnged for n plosion. l

Hoving whnti claim os new, Letters lntent,is

The .cmnbinntioin with having; interior pzirtit-ion E, with exterior stopping und storting device p a, their i, with. notch y, lever 1 with img .5, connecting-rml i, si inghook j, endhprmgherinner t), ull constructed enbstnntlnliy es andfor the pnrposeshcrein not forth.

iin testimony tirait-l ehiiin the foregoing herve hereunto set; my hond this 8th (lay 0 1 November, 1875. Y

"Witnesses: JESSE JUflLlhG. WxLLurn ii. France,

GEORGE W. Smm.

Jthus tnlly described aufr inventioh', and. desire to eeenre hy n torpedo-onse, A, li, et.v n chick-work,

the rod' is attached by the, nsnnl suo 

